[dba-Tech] Mac OSX zombie network

Hey, it might look like a small number, but you gotta start from somewhere!

- Hans


> On Oct 7, 2014, at 9:25 AM, "John R Bartow" <jbartow at winhaven.net> wrote:
> 
> FYI Macheads:
> 
> A newly discovered zombie network that exclusively targets Apple computers
> running Mac OS X across the globe has compromised roughly 17,000 machines so
> far, giving hackers backdoor access to infected computers, researchers at
> Russian antivirus firm Dr.Web warned. - See more at:
> http://thehackernews.com/2014/10/over-17000-mac-machines-affected-by_6.html?
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> 
> 
> 17,000 - it seems do small compared to the million windows pcs zombie
> networks out there. I guess it's all in the scale of things.
> 
> 
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